dougie maclean

Tomorrow night marks the 100th online concert that Scottish singer songwriter Dougie MacLean will have performed since March 2020. The concert takes place within the Old School attached to his home and studio in the tiny village of Butterstone, Perthshire.

We look back to the BBC Folk Awards 2013 in Glasgow…as an incredibly star-studded cast join Dougie Maclean for a passionate rendition of Caledonia.

Fairport Convention has announced names for next year’s 37th Cropredy Convention including Petula Clark, Dougie MacLean, Richard Thompson, Show of Hands, Gigspanner Big Band, Feast of Fiddles as well as a triple bill of performances from ‘early years’ former members of Fairport to celebrate their Golden Anniversary.

The Ultimate Guide To Scottish Folk is a collection that’s worth delving into, but with Mary Ann Kennedy’s notes, there’s also a wealth of insight and information, especially for anyone who’s beginning to realise just what’s on offer from Scottish Folk music.

Fraser Anderson has followed his own musical path for 20 years and Little Glass Box almost slipped through the net. Thankfully German label Membran stepped in and rescued a classic.

Our Artist of the Month for August is Dougie MacLean who celebrates 40 years as a professional musician, read our exclusive in-depth interview in which we look back at his career and to the future.

Till Tomorrow is a gem – forty years in the making and the perfect way for Dougie MacLean and his substantial audience to celebrate a career that has given so much to tradition-based music in Scotland.

Dougie MacLean celebrates his forty years as a recording artist in style at The Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow. Neil shares in the experience of this special one-off evening.

To mark his 40th anniversary as a musician Dougie MacLean is to release a new album in collaboration with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Till Tomorrow is released on 23rd June 2014.

Read our special feature on the BBC Folk Awards 2013. Find out who the winners were, watch the video performance highlights and find out what else went on. You can also stream the BBC Folk Awards 2013 Album!

Neil McFadyen pays tribute to the man from Lochee, the bard of Dundee, the unique and irreplaceable Michael Marra who passed away peacefully at the city’s Ninewells Hospital earlier this week.

A great one day fest! Trelawnyd, N. Wales: Folk at The Hall, 9th June feat: Dougie MacLean, Jim Moray, Kris Drever, Fay Hield, The Old Dance School & more!